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Harness the Power of BNPL to Build Stronger Brand Equity

Retail TouchPoints

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, retailers are now facing the challenge of capturing and maintaining market share and keeping their customers loyal. The good news is that since its global popularization in 2020, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) has become a real game-changer for merchants looking to boost their business.

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Walgreens Moves Into Financial Services With Credit Card Launch

Retail TouchPoints

The credit cards will closely connect with Walgreens’ new myWalgreens customer loyalty program, which launched in November 2020. Eligible customers will be able to use the Walgreens credit card for purchases at more than 9,000 Walgreens stores, Walgreens.com and via the Walgreens mobile app.

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How Retail Businesses Can Use Customer Data to Enhance Targeted Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

in March 2020, consumer buying behavior began shifting. This type of one-to-one proactive outreach about highly relevant topics is effective in driving return visits and sales of high-margin full-price items. Reward Your Most Loyal Customers. The global loyalty management market stood at $2.47

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Continuing Omnichannel Success Post-Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

Holiday season 2020 has come to an end, so what now? Having systems that can provide visibility into all stages in an integrated way is critical to ensuring a positive customer experience and subsequent customer loyalty. Ultimately, planning for holiday season 2021 begins with the recap of holiday season 2020.

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3 Ways Retailers can Benefit from the Shift Toward Digitization

Retail TouchPoints

Even before 2020, brick-and-mortar retailers had been fighting a fierce battle against leading ecommerce players. First, they need to reimagine their baseline requirements, and then turn their attention to taking their customer experience to the next level. Yet we cannot attribute this development exclusively to the pandemic.

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WHAT IS FUELING THE REBIRTH OF PHYSICAL STORES?

RetailMinded

Very few retail leaders would argue that the role of physical stores are the same as they were at the start of 2020. While it’s almost inevitable that ecommerce growth will outpace growth through physical stores at some point in the future, it would be a huge mistake to lose sight of the critical role stores have to play beyond simply profit.

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Future Of Cloud-Based POS

Korona

Various industries have embraced the use of cloud POS, making legacy point of sale solutions all but obsolete. Cloud POS trends are booming, with nearly 28% of retailers planning to adopt this technology to shape the future of their sales operations and improve consumer satisfaction. billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $13.24

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